A quick run every day is more important that getting to work early, and saying yes to every other task that pops up! I did really well this week, I ran every morning and every afternoon, that is until Wednesday night. I got home late on Wednesday (8.30pm), so used that as my excuse not to run Thursday morning (needed the sleep), that and the fact I thought I'd run Thursday evening. But for random reasons I'm still trying to work out, when I got home Thursday my meter simply yelled at me 'HI'! Well then I proceeded to go low that night at 2am and by 6am Friday I was nothing short of completely wiped out, walking zombie style. It took me close enough to four hours to get ready that morning and I made it to work by 10am (but probably shouldn't have bothered!). I think my body threw a tantrum on Thursday as it didn't know what what going on. I'd pulled my insulin dosages back for all the running and when I didn't go, it was as though I just didn't have back up residue to cushion the change.
More and more people think they 'know' what diabetes really means (and some times the professionals even get it wrong!). As more and more people are subjected to advertising (mainly about type 2 though!!), school and university studies, and the general coverage of diabetes in the news, more and more seem to think they know the disease: what it is, and what life with it is like. Two things of note happened this week. 1. One of my brother's friends was in a lecture for health sciences, learning about diabetes, and the lecturer (who is a qualified and practising GP) said 'I'd rather have aids than diabetes'. I must be getting used to random ignorant remarks such as this as I realised my brother was fuming way more than me, in my defence. But its not about which is worse. In my opinion, it's a completely unnecessary, unfounded and if not detrimental comment to make in an educational setting which should be trying to positively shape the future of health and the world's approach to it. Quite simply, I also think it is unfair to compare the two. Its horrible to have any disease, and they are both battles fought by individuals in their own unique ways, each with a unique set of circumstances. That lecturer was nothing short of an arrogant idiot, and I can only guess he, nor anyone close to him, hasn't got a serious life long medical condition.
2. I found this online when I was researching Sugar Cane juice, and it reminded me of all the times you see and hear people get things completely round the wrong way, inside out or down right wrong but they proceed with conviction anyway...well until you let them know you're one! The credibility of this website plummeted when I saw this:
Diabetes is my battle. Sometimes one of the sad things is that no one will ever really know what its like to live with diabetes, unless they have it, and we just have to deal with that. Sometimes no amount of explaining seems to really convey how hard some days are.
Mums know best. After becoming more and more involved with the diabetic online community, some days I am in two minds about how much good it is doing me. I have a habit of checking facebook from bed every morning as I wake up. But most mornings there are only stories of people morning the loss of T1 diabetics passed or searching for answers to an array of health problems. I'll be honest, this scares me! (and perhaps isn't the best way to start the day!) But it also makes me stop and think about why my journey with diabetes has been the way it is. I've always been aware of complications but I've never really feared death and I certainly never thought about it when I was younger. While there are many thoughts in my mind, the main one is that Mum was my secret weapon. She had some simple and extremely strong principles on life. Two of her biggest focuses were healthy eating and leading an active lifestyle - physically and mentally. I couldn't have asked for a better foundation in life.
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